While Ali Bongo goes around in a Ferrari, access for most Gabonese children and families to quality education is difficult because there is not enough support for the best minds in the country to have a decent school to attend, with teachers who are properly compensated and have the proper material.

Everybody knows that education is the fundamental variable that leads a country to productivity, security, informed voting, less corruption, lower inflation (through the productivity gain), lower violence levels, smarter consumer decision-making (degrees vs sports cars), and a generalized willingness to learn and lead lives of continuous learning, which pays dividends across decades.

Well educated people are more likely to build a better society for themselves and future generations. But Ali Bongo is only interested in his own gain.

By going around in a Ferrari that is almost worth 100 years of the average Gabonese teacher ‘salary, Ali Bongo shows truly his poor leadership, as he ostensibly demonstrates that he is only about enriching themselves at the expense of the broader society.

English version Dear compatriots, Your dialogue begins on March 28, we are told. Have fun, the food will certainly be excellent and the drinks as well; but especially, the per diem will have to be significant because you would not go for nothing! We would just like, right now, to remind you of some principles; for when we will expose them to you after your dialogue, which will be a failure, do not say to us: "I did not know!" On democracy, political scientists say: "So worth the elections, so much is a nation." What does that mean? Simply that voting is a citizen duty, a sovereign power of the people to say yes or no to those who claim or want to lead them. In the case of Gabon, on 27 August 2016, the majority of Gabonese clearly said no to corruption, no to the profiteers, not to state banditry, not to monarchy; but yes to a new experience, yes to the rule of law, yes to competence, yes to pluralism etc... Not only did Ali Bongo rob th…